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Michel Foucault: The Man Who Taught the Academy to Hate Truth

Wolfshead — Wed, 04 Nov 2026 09:09:12 +0000

Michel Foucault taught an entire professional class to dissolve whatever it disliked and call it scholarship. From the seminar to the HR office to the game studio, here is how the method spread, who carried it, and why the Christian answer is to build something that stands.

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Angela Li, Body 1/2, and the Institutional Machinery Behind Blizzard’s Inclusion Initiatives

Wolfshead — Tue, 03 Nov 2026 09:50:58 +0000

Angela Li proudly celebrated producing World of Warcraft's Body 1 / Body 2 initiative, a controversial change that replaced Male and Female labels without adding new character models or gameplay. Wolfshead investigates her relationship with Blizzard's Games User Research department, the institutional Diversity Flywheel, and the unanswered question of whether players ever had the power to reverse the decision.

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The Sims Kept Male and Female. Why Didn’t Blizzard?

Wolfshead — Mon, 02 Nov 2026 05:46:00 +0000

In 2016, Maxis expanded The Sims 4 with GLAAD's help and kept Male and Female. In 2022, Blizzard removed those words from World of Warcraft, never explained why — and now markets its newest race with the replacements.

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The Bloomberg Way vs. Jason Schreier: A Professional Ethics Audit

Wolfshead — Sun, 01 Nov 2026 11:45:17 +0000

Jason Schreier demands accountability from the video game industry. But does his own journalism meet Bloomberg's ethical standards? An examination of objectivity, selective reporting, social-media conduct, and the $500 million Gears of War controversy.

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Blizzard’s Inclusion Caste System: Some Players Are More Equal Than Others

Wolfshead — Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:53:08 +0000

Blizzard replaced Male and Female with Body Type 1 and Body Type 2 in World of Warcraft, calling it inclusion. But why should recognizing new identities require removing recognition of those that already existed?

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Why WoW’s Body 1/2 Undermines the Aspirations of Transgender Players

Wolfshead — Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:15:07 +0000

Blizzard claims its Body 1/Body 2 terminology promotes inclusion, but does it actually undermine the aspirations of transgender players? By replacing Male and Female with sterile numerical labels, Blizzard has substituted corporate inclusion theater for meaningful choice, diminishing the very role-playing freedom it claims to celebrate.

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Confronting the Myth of Toxic Gamer Culture: How Mia Consalvo Turned Anecdotes into Academic Authority

Wolfshead — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 11:16:36 +0000

In 2012, Mia Consalvo declared that gaming's controversies revealed a misogynistic culture defending threatened male privilege. Fourteen years later, WolfsheadOnline examines the original evidence, exposes the missing research and questionable assumptions, and challenges the academic indictment of millions of gamers who were never given a fair hearing.

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